[rossmarts]

Well I had my first sprint of the season yesterday and the first time out in the Subaru. What an awesome piece of kit for driving on the limit (most likely my limit and not the car's)

Ended up with another Hawkeye and a Blobeye in my class, along with a Celica GT4, an FQ300 and a near as damn it race prepped Sierra Cosworth 4x4. Took 3rd in class at the end, behind the Sierra (which was in a totally different league to my times) and the Evo, but was the quickest Scoob and also beat my best mate in the GT4 so for the most part I'm pretty pleased.

The only real downside was the brakes, which given that sprinting is short and sharp use rather than sustained abuse like on a trackday was a cause for concern.

Finished practice 1 and could smell the pads, but I had just been using them so didnt think much of it. P2 I had slightly spongy brakes and more of the smell once the run was complete. This then continued with my 3 timed runs with the braking getting progressively worse. The end result is smoked front pads and blued disks. Going to have to change the pads at the least and probably fluid as well. Hopefully the disks will be fine.

All in all a good day, even if I have got to do some remedial work to the brakes as a result.